Crispin Teufel
Chief Executive Officer
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A Patient First Approach
This mindset and hands-on approach set us apart from others in the home respiratory care industry. We believe in promoting patient education and building solid relationships with our patients and their families, practitioners, and caregivers. At Lincare, we've made it our mission to help patients get their lives back by improving their health and overall well-being.
Meet Our Executive Leaders
Greg McCarthy
Chief Operating Officer
Our Commitment
Caring
Lincare delivers the finest in quality, results-driven patient care.
Accountable
Every member of our team holds themselves to the highest standards in patient care.
Dedicated
We are dedicated to improving the lives of every patient through personalized care.
United
We provide one-on-one visits in the safety and comfort of your home.
Our Statistics
Serving 1.8 million
Patients Annually
Employing 11,000
Dedicated Individuals
Including 1,300
Licensed Clinicians
Over 700
Locations in 48 States
Our Family
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Our History
1879
Carl von Linde founded Linde in Wiesbaden, Germany, to sell mechanical refrigeration systems for the beer brewing industry.
1907
Linde Air Products is formed in the United States as a subsidiary of Linde.
1917
Union Carbide Corporation purchases The U.S.-based Linde Air Products company, as a result of expropriation in the turmoil of the First World War.
1972
The Linde Homecare Medical Systems division was formed within Union Carbide.
1987
Union Carbide spins off Linde Homecare Medical Systems as Lincare Inc.
1991
Lincare Holdings goes public on the NASDAQ.
2012
The Linde Group purchases Lincare Holdings for $4.6 Billion. Lincare is now back in the Linde Family.
2018
Merger of Equals of Praxair and Linde; now named Linde plc.
Today, Lincare is a leading provider in the respiratory homecare industry and serves approximately 1.8 million patients nationwide.
Linde PLC
Linde PLC, Lincare’s parent company, is a leading global industrial gases and engineering company with 2021 sales of $31 billion. Linde lives its mission of making our world more productive every day by providing high-quality solutions, technologies, and services that are making its customers more successful and helping to sustain and protect our planet.
The company serves a variety of end markets including aerospace, chemicals, food and beverage, electronics, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, and primary metals. Linde's industrial gases are used in countless applications, from life-saving oxygen for hospitals to high-purity & specialty gases for electronics manufacturing, hydrogen for clean fuels, and much more. Linde also delivers state-of-the-art gas processing solutions to support customer expansion, efficiency improvements, and emissions reductions.
Linde’s U.S.-based Healthcare and Medical operations supports thousands of hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and other healthcare facilities to provide medical gases like nitrogen to preserve vital blood and tissue, helium for MRIs, and oxygen and respiratory therapy gases to help patients breathe.